Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies

Name: Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies
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ISBN: 9780762310203

ISBN-10: 0762310200

ISBN-13: 9780762310203

Edition: 2003

Authors: Janet Zollinger Giele, Elke Holst

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Book details

List price: $155.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: JAI Press Limited
Publication date: 12/19/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 358
Size: 5.87" wide x 8.87" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.452



List of Contributors


Foreword



Preface



Introduction: Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies




New Life Patterns and Changing Gender Roles




The Reconfiguration of Work and Employment Relations in the United States at the Turn of the Century




Welfare Regimes in Relation to Paid Work and Care




Lifestyle Preferences Versus Patriarchal Values: Causal and Non-Causal Attitudes




Time, Work, and Family in the United States




Changing Work and Life Patterns: Examples of New Working-Time Arrangements in the European Member States




Employment Options of Men and Women in Europe




Labor-Market Structures and Women's Paid Work: Opportunities and Constraints in the Swiss Labor Market




Work and Family Balance: A New Challenge for Policies in France




The Influence of European Union Legislation on Labour Market Equality for Women




The Welfare State and Time Allocation in Sweden, Denmark, France, and Italy




Publishing and the New Media Professions as Forerunners of Pioneer Work and Life Patterns




Economic Relations Between Women and Men: New Realities and the Re-Interpretation of Dependence




Women and Men as Agents of Change in Their Own Lives



Author Index


Subject Index